Food-bank Meeting To Spread The Word

November 17, 1998|By Denise Thornton.

LAKE COUNTY — The Bethlehem Center Food Bank of St. Charles will hold a meeting Thursday for all Lake County social-service agencies the food bank serves and agencies that would like to learn more about how the food bank can lower their food costs.

"We are going to spread the word to other not-for-profits that there is food assistance, and we are the food bank for this area," said Mary Hayes, director of agency relations and administration. The food bank serves 12 northeast Illinois counties.

The food bank is part of the Second Harvest national network, Hayes said.

"We provide food allocations through major manufacturers and corporations who have made agreements to donate food which is surplus or doesn't meet specifications, like the color of the box is wrong," she said. It's more economical to have a national network rather than dozens of social-service agencies coming to their doors for donations."

The meeting will be at 1 p.m. in the offices of Catholic Charities, 671 S. Lewis Ave., Waukegan.